Shoot up
Shoot up verb - To rise abruptly and rapidly.
Top
Top verb - To be greater, better, or stronger than.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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No Kill Like Overkill: It's not enough for the terrorists to shoot up a cop car with a fifty-cal heavy machine gun, they have to blow it up with an anti-tank rocket launcher to top it off!
Source: Film / Toy Soldiers -
Dirty Cop: "Constable" Silva and a couple of his men shoot up an inquiry board hearing Disney Villain Death: The fight on the top floor of a Shanghai skyscraper ends with Patrice falling to his death after slipping out of Bond's hands.
Source: Film / Skyfall -
Most of the enemy levels range from 45-55, but when you hit the top, the enemy levels suddenly SHOOT UP to level 90-99!
Source: Difficulty Spike
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Top and Shoot up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/shoot_up/top
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